GeForce RTX 4090 vs GT 330M

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GT 330M with GeForce RTX 4090, including specs and performance data.

GT 330M
2010
1 GB GDDR3, 23 Watt
0.56

RTX 4090 outperforms GT 330M by a whopping 17757% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking12141
Place by popularitynot in top-1006
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data18.83
Power efficiency1.6715.23
ArchitectureTesla 2.0 (2007−2013)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameGT216AD102
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date10 January 2010 (14 years ago)20 September 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$1,599

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores4816384
Core clock speed625 MHz2235 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2520 MHz
Number of transistors486 million76,300 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)23 Watt450 Watt
Texture fill rate10.001,290
Floating-point processing power0.06528 TFLOPS82.58 TFLOPS
Gigaflops182no data
ROPs8176
TMUs16512
Tensor Coresno data512
Ray Tracing Coresno data128

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop sizemedium sizedno data
Bus supportPCI-E 2.0no data
InterfaceMXM-A (3.0)PCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data304 mm
Widthno data3-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 16-pin
SLI options+-

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR3GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount1 GB24 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speedUp to 1066 (DDR3), Up to 800 (GDDR3) MHz1313 MHz
Memory bandwidth25.28 GB/s1.01 TB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsHDMIDual Link DVISingle Link DVIVGADisplayPort1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
Multi monitor support+no data
HDMI++
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Power management8.0no data

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX11.1 (10_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model4.16.8
OpenGL2.14.6
OpenCL1.13.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA+8.9

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GT 330M 0.56
RTX 4090 100.00
+17757%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

GT 330M 216
RTX 4090 38533
+17739%

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

GT 330M 2658
RTX 4090 137609
+5078%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

900p10
−17400%
1750−1800
+17400%
Full HD17
−1424%
259
+1424%
1440p1−2
−19900%
200
+19900%
4K0−1143

Cost per frame, $

1080pno data6.17
1440pno data8.00
4Kno data11.18

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−7400%
225
+7400%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 4−5
−5775%
235
+5775%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4
−3900%
120−130
+3900%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−7300%
222
+7300%
Far Cry New Dawn 1−2
−20000%
200−210
+20000%
Hitman 3 5−6
−2480%
120−130
+2480%
Horizon Zero Dawn 10−12
−3100%
350−400
+3100%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 6−7
−7600%
450−500
+7600%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−33
−413%
150−160
+413%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 4−5
−4975%
200−210
+4975%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4
−3900%
120−130
+3900%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−7033%
214
+7033%
Far Cry New Dawn 1−2
−20000%
200−210
+20000%
Hitman 3 5−6
−2480%
120−130
+2480%
Horizon Zero Dawn 10−12
−3100%
350−400
+3100%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 6−7
−9033%
548
+9033%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−11
−2310%
240−250
+2310%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−33
−413%
150−160
+413%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 4−5
−4375%
179
+4375%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4
−3900%
120−130
+3900%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−6900%
210
+6900%
Hitman 3 5−6
−2480%
120−130
+2480%
Horizon Zero Dawn 10−12
−3482%
394
+3482%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 6−7
−8917%
541
+8917%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−11
−2950%
305
+2950%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−33
−410%
153
+410%

1440p
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn 1−2
−11100%
110−120
+11100%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 0−1 155
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−15300%
154
+15300%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−8300%
80−85
+8300%
Hitman 3 6−7
−2200%
130−140
+2200%
Horizon Zero Dawn 3−4
−12833%
388
+12833%
Watch Dogs: Legion 1−2
−23900%
240−250
+23900%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 3−4
−4200%
120−130
+4200%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2
−11900%
120
+11900%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 0−1 120

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
−5450%
110−120
+5450%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 287
+0%
287
+0%
Battlefield 5 240−250
+0%
240−250
+0%
Far Cry 5 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 290−300
+0%
290−300
+0%
Metro Exodus 150−160
+0%
150−160
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 248
+0%
248
+0%
Battlefield 5 240−250
+0%
240−250
+0%
Far Cry 5 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 290−300
+0%
290−300
+0%
Metro Exodus 150−160
+0%
150−160
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 220
+0%
220
+0%
Far Cry 5 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 290−300
+0%
290−300
+0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 160−170
+0%
160−170
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 183
+0%
183
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 80−85
+0%
80−85
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 270−280
+0%
270−280
+0%
Metro Exodus 152
+0%
152
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 504
+0%
504
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 268
+0%
268
+0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 85−90
+0%
85−90
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 65−70
+0%
65−70
+0%
Hitman 3 80−85
+0%
80−85
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 105
+0%
105
+0%
Metro Exodus 140−150
+0%
140−150
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 281
+0%
281
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 80
+0%
80
+0%
Far Cry 5 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 250−260
+0%
250−260
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 282
+0%
282
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 117
+0%
117
+0%

This is how GT 330M and RTX 4090 compete in popular games:

  • RTX 4090 is 17400% faster in 900p
  • RTX 4090 is 1424% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 4090 is 19900% faster in 1440p

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RTX 4090 is 23900% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • RTX 4090 is ahead in 35 tests (50%)
  • there's a draw in 35 tests (50%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.56 100.00
Recency 10 January 2010 20 September 2022
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 24 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 23 Watt 450 Watt

GT 330M has 1856.5% lower power consumption.

RTX 4090, on the other hand, has a 17757.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 12 years, a 2300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 700% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 4090 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GT 330M in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GT 330M is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 4090 is a desktop one.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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